Sr. Site Installation Supervisor, Customer Support (Airports)
Company Description
BEUMER Group is an international manufacturing leader in intralogistics in the fields of conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation and distribution technology. BEUMER Group offers the right solution for almost every logistic challenge. We are a family owned, intralogistics leader, where tradition and innovation go hand in hand. We are proud of what our employees create each day. Integrity, Inspiration, Quality and Teamwork!
Job Description
The Sr. Site Installation Supervisor is responsible for leading day-to-day field execution of mechanical, electrical, and controls installation activities within active operational environments. This position combines hands-on field leadership with supervisory responsibility for labor deployment, production planning, safety, budget awareness, and weekly schedule coordination. The role is intended to be a working supervisor position and highly visible in the field, directly engaged with crews, and actively driving safe and efficient execution of the project. The successful candidate will coordinate subcontractors and self-managed crews, support material staging and site logistics, monitor installation productivity against labor budgets, and lead weekly schedule review meetings with project management and trade partners to maintain schedule alignment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on daily supervision of field crews and subcontractors.
- Lead daily task planning, crew assignments, and short-interval execution sequencing.
- Monitor labor performance, installation productivity, and expenses against plan.
- Support weekly cost-to-complete discussions and provide field input for budget forecasting.
- Participate in and help lead weekly schedule meetings, look-ahead planning, and trade coordination sessions.
- Coordinate shutdowns, tie-ins, phased cutovers, and operational work windows.
- Manage site logistics including material staging, warehouse flow, equipment availability.
- Ensure work is executed in compliance with safety requirements, permits, and quality standards.
- Support commissioning readiness, punch list completion, and turnover milestones.
- This role primarily supports the airports segment but may be assigned to logistics projects.
- Ensure the BEUMER Group processes are followed within the project.
- Develop and maintain an effective professional relationship with site and project personnel, serving as BEUMER’s on-site representative for Customer and other subcontractors.
Compensation range: $43.00 - $48.00 per hour The posted compensation range reflects the compensation the company reasonably expects to offer for this position. Actual compensation will not be less than the posted minimum and will be based on multiple factors.
Qualifications
- 8-10+ years of baggage handling system (BHS) project installation, retrofit, or expansion experience.
- Project management experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading mechanical, electrical, and controls field teams in active airport environments.
- Strong working knowledge of phased installations, shutdown planning, tie-ins, and live operational cutovers.
- Proven ability to monitor labor budgets, forecast field production, and support cost-to-complete reporting.
- Experience facilitating weekly schedule meetings, look-ahead planning, and subcontractor coordination.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, installation packages, and commissioning plans.
- Excellent leadership, communication with client, and field decision-making skills.
- Serve as the field safety leader, reinforcing a zero-incident culture through daily pre-task planning, toolbox talks, permit compliance, and active workplace observations.
- Ensure all crews and subcontractors comply with company safety policies, airport badging requirements, OSHA standards, lockout/tagout procedures, and site-specific operational protocols.
- Lead incident prevention efforts through proactive hazard identification, near-miss reporting, corrective actions, and stop-work authority when unsafe conditions exist.
- Ability to travel up to 80-90% as per business needs; including extended periods.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain airport security badges, and airside driving privileges.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record to support travel between project sites, warehouse/staging facilities, and airport airside access requirements.
Key Success Measures
- Safe execution with zero recordable incidents and full permit compliance.
- Weekly production achieved to plan and aligned with milestone dates.
- Labor performance maintained